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R. H. COLLYER. SUTTON SEED GLEANER. No. 408,085. Patented July 30,1889..

. UNITED STATES einen..

ROBERT II. COLLYER, OF NENV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO EDIVARD A.RLAKELY, OF SAME PLACE.

COTTONHSEED CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,085, dated July 30,1889.

Application filed September 24, 1888. Serial No.286,154. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern: B indicatesabruslrbody, which is of a coni-Be it known that I, ROBERT II. COLLYER, a cal form, there being three ofthese brushes citizen of the United States, residing at New employed B CD, arranged obliqucly one Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofabove the other, as shown. These conical 5 Louisiana, have inventedcertain new and brushes are secured to shafts I, which have 55 usefulImprovements in Cotton-Seed Cleantheirbearings in themain frame, asshown,and ers; and I do declare the following to be a may be providedwith drive-gears, as shown, full, clear, and exact description of theinwhereby motion may be imparted from oneto vention, such as will enableothers skilled in the other. rlliese conical brushes are adapted To theart to which it 'appertains to make and to be adjusted longitudinally.with respect to 6c use the same. their supporting-shafts, and the smallend of This invention relates to machines for deone is designed to liein the same vertical linting cotton-seed, and it is designed as antransverse plane as the large end of another, improvement upon theinvention shown and so that the full effect of eachcone maybe had 15described in my application for patent filed in operation. 65 March 27,1888, Serial N 268,7 The nov- As a means of adjustment I have providedelty will be fully` understood from the followeach brush-cone at one endwith an integral ing description and claims, when taken in collar a,through which the shaft P passes, connection with the accompanyingdrawings, and to which, by the employment of the setzo in which screw N,the said conc may be adjustably se- 70 Figure l is a vertical transversesectional cured upon the shaft, thereby regulating the view of myimproved machine, taken in the distances between thcgauze cones, whichwill plane indicated by dotted line a; a on Fig. 3. be presentlydescribed, and the cleaning Fig. 2 is a view of one of the brushchambers brushes. 2 5 and cylinders removed, with the gauze partly Aindicates a wire-gauze conical chamber, 75 broken away; and Fig. 3 is avertical longiwhich is of a contour similar to that of the tudinalsectional view. brush-cone, but sufficiently large to receive Referringby letter to the said drawings, O and surround the said brush-cone andpermit indicates a frame, which may be of metal, of thesamebeingadjustedtherein. The gauze 3o wood, or other suitable material, and made inconical shells or casings A, which surround the 8O any suitable mannerto receive the various brush-cones, are connected by ports or paspartsof my machine, as will be hereinafter sages II and I, the passage Hleading from the more fully described. This frame is provided top gauzecone or casing at its lower portion at its upper end with a hopper F toreceive and communicating with the upper portion of 3 5 the cotton-seed,and this hopper is provided the intermediate gauze cone, the saidinterme- S5 in its throat with a feed-roller G or agitator diate conehaving its lower portion connected to prevent the said hopper frombecoming with the higher portion of the lowest cone in clicked. Thisroller has apinion on the outer the series, so that as the cotton-seedis fed end of its shaft, so that it may engage the from the hopper itwill get the full force and' 4o gear on the shaft of the upper cylinderand effect of each brush before being discharged 90 receive motiontherefrom. The main frame from the main frame. is furthermore providedin its upper portion The cones B O D, which are adjustably seadjacent tothe said hopper with an aperture cured to the shafts I), are providedeach with M, adapted for the admission of air to the ina brush b, andeach one may carry a brush of 45 terior of the machine, and is providedat its different texture. 95 lower portion with a discharge -aperture L,R indicates a cotton or lint chamber, which which communicates with thelowest conical is arranged so as to communicate with the chamber,whereby the cotton seed, after it main frame or case O at a suitablepoint, the has been stripped from its lint, may be disposition hereshown being in a plane between 5o charged or received in a suitablevessel. the upper and intermediate cones. roo

Q indicates a suction or draft fan, which is arranged within a casingS', placed v,in the main frame adjacent to the lint-chamber R, thedischarge-spout of the famcasing being arranged to discharge the blastof the fan into the lint-chamber. This fan Q is driven by a belt T,leading from a pulley on the shaft P of the upper cone l, the said beltpassing over a similar pulley on the fan-shaft.

By having conical cones arranged ou horizontal shafts I iind that theyare not so liable to choke as when arranged vertically.

Having described my inventiomwhat I claim isl. In a machine fordelinting cotton-seed, the combination, with the main frame, of aplurality of conical gauze chambers arranged one above the other'obliquely and having communication with one another, the small end ofone being in a Vertical transverse plane with the large end of another,brush-concs mounted on horizontal shafts and arranged within the gauzechambers, a lint-chamber communicating with the main frame, and a fanfor drawing' the cotton from the gauze conical chambers and dischargingit into the lint-chamber, substantially as specified. K

2. Ina machine for deliuting cotton-seed, the combination, with the mainframe or case having a feedhopper at its upper end, an inlet-apertureadjacent thereto, and a seeddischarge aperture at its lower end, of aplurality of conical gauze chambers arranged obliquely one above anotherand communicating with one another by the passages II I, and having thelarge end of one lying in a vertical transverse plane with the small endoi' another, brush-cones arranged upon horizontal shafts Within the saidgauze cones, a lint-chamber communicating with the main rame, and asuction-fan for delivering the lint into the said holder, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I aiilixy my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

ROBERT H. COLLYER. VitnesseS:

HENRY J. RHODES, PERCY D. PARKS.

